Necktie rack



P. PESTYNER NECKTIE RACK Filed May 15, 1946 R O T N E V m PHIL/P -PESTYNER L M W Y E N R O T T A Patented 28, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE NECKTIE RACK Philip Pestyner, Jamaica, N. y. Application May 15,1946, Serial No. 669,845

4 Claims. I

This invention is a necktie rack adapted to be mounted in rigid positionupon a suitable support such as a door, wall, shelf, or the like, andpro- ,vided with a plurality of tie supporting arms on which individualties may be hung. The arms are mounted so as to be susceptible to twodistinct positions, in one of which they extend perpendicular to thesurface of the support to permit ties to be readily positioned on orremoved from them while at other times these arms are adapted to becollapsed into a position substantially parallel to the surface of thesupport so as not to unduly project therefrom.

Speaking generally, the rack of this invention comprises a casing havingan open side engaged withand closed by a back plate which is, in turn,provided with screw holes or other means, whereby this plate may besecured to the rigidsupport. Along the edges of the casing which engagewith the back plate are notches, the open sides of which are closed bythe back plate to form therewith bearings for the shanks of a pluralityof tie supporting arms. The shanks are bent intermediate their-ends toform cranks and these cranks freely pass throu'gh an arm actuatingmember positioned within and concealed by the casing. Appropriate meansisprovided for shifting this member rectilinearily, for the purpose ofoscillating the shanks of the several arms within the bearings of thecasing, so that said arms may .be moved from positions substantiallynormalv to the back plate, to positions substantially parallel to suchplate. Movement may be imparted to the arm actuating member .by anappropriate fingerpieoewhich may be attached thereto and extend througha slot at the frontof the casing, or, the shanks of one of the arms maybe extended upward-1y above the casing and forward-1y to provide afinger piece for this purpos Features of the invention, other than thoseadverted to, will be apparent irom the hereinafter detailed descriptionand appended claims when read in conjunction with theacccmpanyingdrawing.

The accompanying drawing illustrates different practical embodiments ofthe invention, but the constructionthereinshown is to be understood asillustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure '1 is a perspective view showing a necktie rack embodying thepresent invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmental perspective showing a portion of the length ofthe rack when viewed from the back thereof with much of the back platebroken away "to :sh'owthe interior structure of the rack. I

Figure 3 shows one on thetie supporting :members of the rack in sideelevation.

Figure 4 is a like view showing a modified form of tie supportingmember.

In the accompanying drawings l indicates a back plate shown as stampedfrom sheet-metal or molded from plastlc,although this back plate may bemade of any appropriate material. It is relatively long and narrow andis provided near its opposite ends with perforations 2 through whichscrews or nails may be passed to mount the back plate to a rigidsupport.

Positioned forwardly of the back plate is a casing 3 shown assubstantially semi-circular in cross section, but it may be of anydesired cross sectional shape without departing from this invention. Itis illustrated in the drawings as made of sheet metal or plastic, inarcuate form and provided along its free edges with tongues 4 adapted tobe passed through slots 4a in the back plate and bent over to firmly andpermanently secure the casing to the back plate. The opposite ends ofthe "casing are closed by caps 5, having tongues 6 extending through,slots ta in the casing and tongues 2 extending through slots 1a in theback plate. These tongues I may be bent over like the tongues 4 at therear of the back plate or they may be held in place by pins passedthrough perforations 8 in these tongues.

Both the to and bottom edges of the casing which abut the back plate areprovided at spaced apart distances longitudinally of the casing withnotches 9, the open sides of which are closed by the back plate andthese notches. to-

gether with the back plate, form vertically alined pairs of upper andlower bearings for the shanks ll] of a like number of individual tiesupporting members. The lower end of each shank is bent forwardly toprovide a tie supporting arm H which may be of the shape shown in Figure3 wherein it is relatively short to support a single tie, or, as shownin Figure 4, where it is relatively long to support two ties, with anintermediate hump 12 to separate the ties. By mounting the shanks of thearms in the vertically alined upper and lower bearings, as shown best inFigure 2 the arms are adapted for pivotal movement on theaxes of. thesebearings.

All of the arms are locked together for simultaneous movement by an armactuating member is positioned within and concealed by the casing andshown in the form of a channel section. The flanges of this channelsection are provided with bearings M which correspond in spacing andnumber to the vertically alined pairs of bearings of the casing and theshank of each arm is offset in relation to the shank, as shown at 15, toform, on each shank, .a crank and each :orank loosely passes through apair of vertically alined-bearings M in the arm actuating member I3.Consequently, when this arm actuating memher is shifted rectilinearily,movement will be simultaneously imparted to all of the arms, so thatthey may be moved from the full line posttion of .Figure 1, wherein theyextend in adirection normal to the face of the hack plate, to the dottedline positions of this figure, wherein they are substantially parallelto the back plate or almost so.

Movement may be imparted to the actuating member I 3 by providing itwith a finger piece extending through a longitudinal slot in the frontof the casing, although in the form of the invention shown, the shank ofthe center arm is extended upwardly above the casing and forwardly toform a finger piece [8 carrying a knob 11. When this finger piece ismanually manipulated to rotate the center arm in the manner stated, theoperating member I 3, which connects all of the arms, willsimultaneously effect corresponding movement to all of them. Thusneckties, such as the one indicated at N in Figure 1, may be moved froma position wherein they may be readily chosen and removed from orreplaced on the hooks, to compacted position wherein they will notunduly project from the surface on which the rack is rigidly supported.

All of the tie supporting members are made exactly the same except thatone of them may be extended above the casing to form a hand piecewhereby all of them can be simultaneously oscillated. All of the tiesupporting members are loosely journalled. in the same manner foroscillation in alined upper and lower bearings of the casing. The crankssimply occupy the interior of the casing from which they cannot escape,as clearly appears from Figure 4, where the casing is shown in dot anddash lines. The arm actuating member simply acts as a tie between thecranks by virtue of the passage of the cranks through verticall alinedhearings in said actuating member and said member is loosely hung uponthe cranks intermediate the upper and lower bearings on which the cranksare mounted for oscillation. The upper and lower bearings in the flangesof the crank operating member collectively provide long bearings whichkeep said actuating member from dropping out of place. In the structureof the present invention all operating parts except the finger piece andthe tie supporting arms are concealed and housed within the casing whichprecludes engagement of the ties with these operating parts and protectthem from the accumulation of dirt, lint and other extraneous matter.

The foregoing detailed description sets forth the invention in itspreferred practical form and the invention is to be understood as fullycommensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A necktie rack comprising: a hollow casing having an open backprovided along its back edges with pairs of vertically alined notches inthe wall of the casing, a back plate abutting said edges and connectedto the casing and forming with said notches alined pairs of upper andlower bearings, a plurality of tie supporting members each embodying atie supporting arm positioned exteriorly of the casing and having ashank journalled for oscillation in the corresponding pair of upper andlower bearings and offset in relation to the shank between said bearingsto form a crank within the casing, an 6 arm actuating member within thecasing having bearings pivotally engaged with the cranks of said shanksto secure them together for simultaneous operation, and means foroperating said arm actuating member to move said arms from positionssubstantially perpendicular to the back plate into positionssubstantially parallel thereto, and vice versa.

2. A necktie rack comprising: a hollow casing having an open backprovided along its back 4 edges with pairs of vertically alined notchesin the wall of the casing, a back plate abutting said edges andconnected to the casing and forming with said notches alined pairs ofupper and lower bearings, a plurality of tie supporting members eachembodying a tie supporting arm positioned exteriorly of the casing andhaving a shank journalled for oscillation in the corresponding pair ofupper and lower bearings and ofiset in relation to the shank betweensaid bearings to form a crank within the casing, an arm actuating memberwithin the casing having bearings pivotally engaged with the cranks ofsaid shanks to secure them together for simultaneous operation, one ofsaid shanks being extended above the casing and forwardly thereof toprovide a finger piece for the manipulation of said shanks andsupporting arms, whereby said arms may be moved from positionssubstantially perpendicular to the back plate into positionssubstantially parallel thereto, and vice versa.

3. A necktie rack comprising: a hollow casing having an open backprovided along its back edges with pairs of vertically alined notches inthe wall of the casing, a back plate abutting said edges and connectedto the casing and forming with said notches alined pairs of upper andlower bearings, a plurality of tie su porting members each embodying atie supporting arm positioned exteriorly of the casing and having ashank journalled for oscillation in the corresponding pair of upper andlower bearings and offset in relation to the shank between said bearingsto form a crank within the casing, and an arm actuating member withinthe casing having bearings pivotally engaged with the cranks of saidshanks to secure them together for simultaneous operation, said armsbeing simultaneously movable from positions substantially perpendicularto the back plate into positions substantially parallel thereto and viceversa.

4. A necktie rack comprising: a hollow casing having an open backprovided along its back edges with pairs of vertically alined hearingsin a Wall of the casing, a back plate abutting the edges of the wall ofthe casing and connected to the casing, a plurality of the tiesupporting members each embodying "a tie supporting arm positionedexteriorly of the casing and having a shank journalled for oscillationin the corresponding pair of upper and lower bearings and offset inrelation to the shank between said bearings to form a crank within thecasing, and an arm actuating member within the casing having bearingspivotally engaged with the cranks of said shanks to secure them togetherfor simultaneous operation, said arms being simultaneously movable frompositions substantially perpendicular to the back plate into positionssubtantially parallel thereto and vice versa.

PHILIP PESTYNER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

' UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,913,215 Schwartz et al. June6, 1933 1,940,951 Hortenau Dec. 2, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS Number CountryDate 631.312 Germany June, 17, 1936

